stealthier; stealthiest
1
: slow, deliberate, and secret in action or character
2
a
: intended to escape observation : furtive
b
: designed to produce a very weak radar return
a stealthy airplane
Examples of stealthy in a Sentence
the stealthy movements of the crocodile
cats are among the stealthiest of stalkers
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Alongside them, a new generation of threats has emerged: smarter, stealthier and more targeted than ever.
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Mike Rosen, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Thousands of home and small office routers manufactured by Asus are being infected with a stealthy backdoor that can survive reboots and firmware updates in an attack by a nation-state or another well-resourced threat actor, researchers said.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
Another key difference is how stealthy the malware is.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025
These devices must be hardened against attackers seeking stealthy persistence.
—Yuriy Bulygin, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Mike Rosen, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Thousands of home and small office routers manufactured by Asus are being infected with a stealthy backdoor that can survive reboots and firmware updates in an attack by a nation-state or another well-resourced threat actor, researchers said.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
Another key difference is how stealthy the malware is.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025
These devices must be hardened against attackers seeking stealthy persistence.
—Yuriy Bulygin, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for stealthy
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“Stealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stealthy. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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